Scarecrow



C. A. DAVIS.

Y SCARECROW.

APPLICATION FILED .IUNEZ, 1920.

1 $57,032, I Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ARTHUR D AVIS, OF LOS A NGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

Application filed June $1920. Serial No; 386,011.

This invention relates to improvements in scarecrows, an object of the invention being to provide a scarecrow with movable arms which can be operated from a distance to make a noise and frighten away birds in gardens, fields and other places.

A further object is'to provide an improved construction of scarecrow embodying a support and a pair of movable arms operating cymbals to sound an alarm when the arms are moved.

.With these and-other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating my invention.

F 1g. 2 1s a top plan v1ew. Fig. 3 1s a view 1n side elevatlon.

1 represents an upright or standard which is rigidly fixed and secured in any desired manner and wh1ch is provided with a forwardly pro ect1ng, stationary or fixed arm 52. A pair of movable arms 3, 3, are connected by spring hinges 1 with the standard or upright 1 and are normally held in 'substan-. tial alinement with their ends 5 abutting against the sides of the upright or standard l'by means of the spring hinges 4.

The stationary arm 2 is provided at its free end at opposite sides with a pair of cymbals 6, and cymbals 7 are secured to the free ends of the movable arms 3 so that when said movable arms are swung inwardly toward each other, the cymbals 7 and 6 will be brought together to sound an alarm.

The fixed or stationary arm 2 is provided with a pair of pulleys 8 and 9.1nounted in openings 10 in said arm and said pulleys are preferably positioned atv a slight angle to the longitudinal plane of the arm. A second pair of pulleys 11 and 12 aremounted in openings 13 in the upper portion of the standard or upright 1 and a pair of cords or. flexible devices are passed over these pulleys to operate the movablearms 3.21s. will now be described.

Oneof these cords 14 is secured to an eye orother fixed part 15 of one arm 3, is then passed s'around the pulley 9 and through a guide eye 16 on the fixed arm 2, and thence passed over the pulley 12 in upright .1. A

second cord 17 is fixed to an eye or other securing device 18 on the otherfmovable arm 3, is thenpassed around the pulley 8, and thence over the pulley 11, and the ends of these cords 1 1 and 17 are joined through a single cord'18 which may be of any desired length and extended to any point of opera tion.

It is, of course, to be understood that the I cord or other flexibledevice 18 will have suitable mounting to maintain it 011' the ground and reduce friction to a minimum and may be of a length to extend to the house of the owner so that it can be manually manipulated as occasion may require.

It is also obvious that the standard 1 and the arms 3 may be utilized to receive a coat and an old hat maybe provided on the upper end of the standard 1 so as to give the gesemblance of a person standing in the eld. i

In operation, a pull on the rope or cord 18 will, through the medium of the cords 14mm 17, draw thefree ends of the arms 3 toward the fixed arm 2 and bring the cym-, bals 6 and 7 together to make a noiseand frighten away the birds in'the field."

- It is obvious that other forms'of noise creating means might be employed, and varia ous changes might be made in the general formand arrangement .of parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly-fall within'the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

I. claim:

1. A scarecrow adapted to be operated c from a distance and comprising a fixed supa distance, said flexible devices having guiding means in thefixed arm. n,

2. A scarecrow adaptedto be operated from a .distance and comprising a fixed sup port, a pair of movable noise creating arms connected to the support, a fixed arm on the support between the movable arms, flexible devices for operating the arms from a distance, said flexible devices having guiding means in the fixed arm, cymbals on opposite sides of the fixed arm, and cymbals on'the free ends of the movable arms adapted to engage the cymbals of the fixed arm when moved against the same by the flexible'devices.

3. 3r scarecrow adapted tobe operated from a distance and comprising a fixed support, a pair of movable noise creating arms connected to the support, a fixed arm on the support between the movable arms, flexible devices for operating the arms from a distance, spring hinges normally holding the movable arms apart, and pulleys mounted in the fixed arm and in the fixed support and serving as guiding means for the flexible devices. I

4 A scarecrow, comprising a standard, a

' fixed arm projecting from the standard, a

pair of movable arms, spring hinges connecting the movable arms with the standard and holding the movable arms in normal extended position, cymbals on the free ends of the fixed and movable arms, said fixed arm and standard having openings. therein, pulleys mounted in saidvopenings, and flexible connecting devices secured to the movable arms andpassed over said pulleys and adapted to be moved longitudinally to draw the free ends ofthe movable arms toward the 

